Emma E. Houston
Emma E. Houston has been appointed chair of the Utah MLK Human Rights Commission. Houston has served on the commission since 2016. Her two-year term as chair will begin this fall. She is the director of the Salt Lake County Office of Diversity & Inclusion, as well as a longtime, active community volunteer. She is the former chairwoman of the Governor’s Office of Ethnic Affairs and currently serves on the Pastor France A. Davis Scholarship Board, the Anne Stirba Cancer Foundation Board, the Huntsman Cancer Institute Community Action Board, the “You Got This” Women’s Interfaith Board and The HistoryMakers Regional Board and is the president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. (Upsilon Beta Omega chapter).
